MLB / Players

Dale Murphy

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 210 lb

BornMarch 12, 1956 · Portland, OR, USA

MLB debutSeptember 13, 1976

Final gameMay 21, 1993

Seasons18 (1976–1993)

Atlanta Braves 1976–1990; Philadelphia Phillies 1990–1992; Colorado Rockies 1993

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

153

65.6

599

44.3

544

47.5

28.7

137

33.6

75.4

5.7

RBI

63.1

35.2

36.9

8.2

95.1

.252

16.4

OBP

.309

14.8

SLG

.415

46.7

OPS

.724

wRC+

101.8

29.5

OPS+

102.9

wOBA

.327

25.4

sWAR

1.3

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

120.8

79.9

OPS+

120.9

80.4

sWAR

48.9

98.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1976	19	72	65	3	17	6	0	0	9	7	9	0	0	.262	.333	.354	.687	94.1	89.9	.330	0.4
1977	18	76	76	5	24	8	1	2	14	0	8	0	1	.316	.316	.526	.842	111.1	110.3	.371	0.5
1978	151	583	530	66	120	14	3	23	79	42	145	11	7	.226	.284	.394	.679	88.0	90.0	.311	0.1
1979	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	38	67	6	1	.276	.340	.469	.809	111.7	112.1	.362	1.6
1980	156	633	569	98	160	27	2	33	89	59	133	9	6	.281	.349	.510	.858	134.8	133.4	.384	4.9
1981	104	416	369	43	91	12	1	13	50	44	72	14	5	.247	.325	.390	.716	98.6	100.4	.330	1.5
1982	162	698	598	113	168	23	2	36	109	93	134	23	11	.281	.378	.507	.885	145.4	141.8	.400	6.0
1983	162	687	589	131	178	24	4	36	121	90	110	30	4	.302	.393	.540	.933	152.4	149.7	.417	6.8
1984	162	691	607	94	176	32	8	36	100	79	134	19	7	.290	.372	.547	.919	147.1	148.6	.406	6.5
1985	162	712	616	118	185	32	2	37	111	90	141	10	3	.300	.388	.539	.927	152.3	150.5	.411	7.2
1986	160	692	614	89	163	29	7	29	83	75	141	7	7	.265	.347	.477	.824	122.2	119.4	.373	4.5
1987	159	693	566	115	167	27	1	44	105	115	136	16	6	.295	.417	.580	.997	151.7	154.5	.425	5.8
1988	156	671	592	77	134	35	4	24	77	74	125	3	5	.226	.313	.421	.734	100.8	103.9	.329	1.4
1989	154	647	574	60	131	16	0	20	84	65	142	3	2	.228	.306	.361	.667	85.5	87.2	.306	0.8
1990	154	629	563	60	138	23	1	24	83	61	130	9	3	.245	.318	.417	.735	94.0	97.9	.327	0.8
1991	153	599	544	66	137	33	1	18	81	48	93	1	0	.252	.309	.415	.724	101.8	102.9	.327	1.3
1992	18	63	62	5	10	1	0	2	7	1	13	0	0	.161	.175	.274	.449	11.4	25.2	.203	-0.6
1993	26	49	42	1	6	1	0	0	7	5	15	0	0	.143	.224	.167	.391	-13.5	0.7	.184	-0.6

Career totals

2,180

156th-most career G

9,040

162nd-most career PA

7,960

158th-most career AB

1,197

188th-most career R

2,111

232nd-most career H

350

315th-most career 2B

398

62nd-most career HR

RBI

1,266

133rd-most career RBI

986

130th-most career BB

1,748

35th-most career SO

161

.2652

OBP

.3459

SLG

.4690

301st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8149

387th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1979-09-14	ATL @ SD Gameday	5	3	5	0	1	2	3	0	13
1979-05-18	SF @ ATL Gameday	3	3	3	0	0	3	5	1	12
1986-08-04	ATL @ SD Gameday	4	2	4	0	0	2	3	1	10
1987-04-12	ATL @ NYM Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	5	0	10
1990-05-20	PIT @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	5	0	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× Gold Glove4× Silver Slugger2× Most Valuable Player7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.